Plants of the NFWU: Family Name, B-F

Appendix A Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by family name: B-F
Family	Scientific name	Common name	Relative occurrence^b
Balsaminaceae	Impatiens capensis	Spotted touch-me-not	Scarce
Berberidaceae	Podophyllum peltatum	Mayapple	Scattered
Bignoniaceae	Campsis radicans	Trumpet vine	Common
Bignoniaceae	Catalpa speciosa	Cigar tree, northern catalpa	Scarce
Boraginaceae	Heliotropium indicum	India heliotrope, turnsole	Scarce
Boraginaceae	Lithospermum incisum	Narrowleaf puccoon, fringed puccoon	Scarce
Boraginaceae	Myosotis verna	Early scorpion grass	Unknown
Brassicaceae	Capsella bursa-pastoris	Shepherd’s purse	Scattered
Brassicaceae	Lepidium densiflorum	Peppergrass	Common
Brassicaceae	Lepidium virginicum	Virginia peppergrass	Scarce
Brassicaceae	Rorippa palustris	Bog yellow cress	Scattered
Brassicaceae	Thlaspi arvense	Field pennycress, stinkweed	Scarce
Cactaceae	Opuntia engelmannii	Engelmann prickly pear	Scattered
Cactaceae	Opuntia leptocaulis	Pencil cholla	Scarce
Campanulaceae	Triodanis perfoliata	Clasping Venus’s looking-glass	Scattered
Caprifoliaceae	Lonicera japonica	Japanese honeysuckle	Scarce
Caprifoliaceae	Sambucus canadensis	Elderberry	Scattered
Caprifoliaceae	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Coralberry, buckbrush	Abundant
Caprifoliaceae	Viburnum rufidulum	Rusty black haw	Common
Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria drummondii	Drummond sandwort	Scattered
Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria patula	Sandwort	Unknown
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium fontanum	Common mouse-ear chickweed	Scattered
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium glomeratum	Clammy chickweed	Scattered
Caryophyllaceae	Silene stellata	Starry campion	Scattered
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria media	Common chickweed	Scarce
Celastraceae	Euonymus atropurpureus	Wahoo, burning bush	Scarce
Chenopodiaceae	Chenopodium album	Lamb’s-quarters	Scattered
Chenopodiaceae	Chenopodium ambrosioides	Mexican tea, wormseed, goosefoot	Scattered
Chenopodiaceae	Chenopodium leptophyllum	Slimleaf goosefoot	Scarce
Cistaceae	Lechea villosa	Pinweed	Unknown
Commelinaceae	Commelina communis	Dayflower	Scarce
Commelinaceae	Commelina erecta	Erect dayflower	Scarce
Commelinaceae	Tradescantia ohioensis	Ohio spiderwort	Scattered
Convolvulaceae	Cuscuta spp.	Dodders	Scattered
Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea nil	Ivyleaf morning glory	Scattered
Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea pandurata	Wild potato vine	Scattered
Cornaceae	Cornus drummondii	Rough-leaved dogwood	Scattered
Cornaceae	Cornus florida	Flowering dogwood	Scattered
Cucurbitaceae	Cucurbita foetidissima	Buffalo gourd, wild pumpkin	Scarce
Cucurbitaceae	Melothria pendula	Drooping melonette	Scarce
Cucurbitaceae	Sicyos angulatus	One-seeded bur cucumber	Unknown
Cupressaceae	Juniperus virginiana	Eastern red cedar	Scattered
Cyperaceae	Carex spp.	Sedges	Common
Cyperaceae	Cyperus esculentus	Yellow nut grass, chufa	Scattered
Cyperaceae	Cyperus ovularis	Globe flat sedge	Common
Cyperaceae	Cyperus spp.	Flat sedges	Common
Cyperaceae	Eleocharis spp.	Spikes edges	Scarce
Cyperaceae	Rhynchospora spp.	Beak rushes	Unknown
Cyperaceae	Scirpus spp.	Bulrushes	Unknown
Cyperaceae	Scleria spp.	Nut rushes	Unknown
Ebenaceae	Diospyros virginiana	Persimmon	Scarce
Elaeagnaceae	Elaeagnus angustifolia	Russian olive	Scarce
Elaeagnaceae	Elaeagnus umbellata	Autumn olive	Scarce
Ericaceae	Vaccinium arboreum	Farkleberry	Scarce
Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha gracilens	Three-seeded mercury	Common
Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha virginica	Three-seeded mercury	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Argythamnia humilis	Wild mercury	Scarce
Euphorbiaceae	Cnidoscolus texanus	Bull nettle	Scarce
Euphorbiaceae	Croton capitatus	Woolly croton, hogwort	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Croton glandulosus	Croton, tropic croton	Common
Euphorbiaceae	Croton lindheimerianus	Three-seeded croton	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Croton monanthogynus	One-seeded croton	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia dentata	Toothed spurge	Unknown
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia heterophylla	Painted euphorbia, catalina	Scarce
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia maculata	Spotted euphorbia	Scarce
Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia nutans	Eyebane	Unknown
Euphorbiaceae	Stillingia sylvatica	Queen’s-delight	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Tragia betonicifolia	Nettleleaf, noseburn	Scattered
Fabaceae	Amorpha canescens	Leadplant	Scarce
Fabaceae	Amorpha fruticosa	False indigo	Scattered
Fabaceae	Amphicarpa bracteata	Hog peanut	Scarce
Fabaceae	Baptisia bracteata	Plains wild indigo	Scattered
Fabaceae	Cassia fasciculata	Partridge pea	Common
Fabaceae	Cassia marilandica	Wild senna	Scarce
Fabaceae	Cassia nictitans	Sensitive pea	Scattered
Fabaceae	Cassia obtusifolia	Sicklepod	Scarce
Fabaceae	Cassia occidentalis	Coffee senna, coffeeweed	Scarce
Fabaceae	Cercis canadensis	Redbud	Common
Fabaceae	Clitoria mariana	Butterfly pea, pigeonwings	Scarce
Fabaceae	Crotalaria sagittalis	Rattlebox	Scarce
Fabaceae	Desmanthus illinoensis	Illinois bundleflower	Scattered
Fabaceae	Desmanthus leptolobus	Bundleflower, prairie bundleflower	Scattered
Fabaceae	Desmodium canescens	Hoary tick clover, beggar’s-lice	Scattered
Fabaceae	Desmodium ciliare	Tick trefoil, littleleaf tick clover	Common
Fabaceae	Desmodium cuspidatum	Longleaf tick clover	Scarce
Fabaceae	Desmodium paniculatum	Panicled tick clover	Common
Fabaceae	Desmodium sessilifolium	Sessile tick clover	Common
Fabaceae	Galactia regularis	Downy milk pea	Scarce
Fabaceae	Gleditsia triacanthos	Honey locust	Common
Fabaceae	Lathyrus hirsutus	Singletary peavine	Scattered
Fabaceae	Lespedeza capitata	Bush clover, roundhead lespedeza	Scarce
Fabaceae	Lespedeza cuneata	Sericea lespedeza	Common
Fabaceae	Lespedeza procumbens	Trailing lespedeza	Common
Fabaceae	Lespedeza repens	Creeping lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Lespedeza stipulacea	Korean clover, Korean lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Lespedeza striata	Japanese clover, common lespedeza	Common
Fabaceae	Lespedeza stuevei	Stuve’s lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Lespedeza virginica	Slender lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Medicago orbicularis	Button clover, button medic	Scarce
Fabaceae	Melilotus albus	White sweet clover	Common
Fabaceae	Melilotus officinalis	Yellow sweet clover	Common
Fabaceae	Petalostemon candidum	White prairie clover	Scarce
Fabaceae	Petalostemon purpureum	Purple prairie clover	Scattered
Fabaceae	Psoralea tenuiflora	Wild alfalfa, scurfy pea	Scarce
Fabaceae	Rhynchosia latifolia	Broadleaf snoutbean	Scarce
Fabaceae	Robinia hispida	Rose acacia	Scarce
Fabaceae	Robinia pseudo-acacia	Black locust	Scarce
Fabaceae	Sesbania macrocarpa	Coffee-bean sesbania	Scarce
Fabaceae	Sophora affinis	Eve’s necklace	Scarce
Fabaceae	Strophostyles helvola	Wild bean	Scattered
Fabaceae	Strophostyles leiosperma	Smooth seed wild bean	Common
Fabaceae	Stylosanthes biflora	Pencil flower	Scarce
Fabaceae	Trifolium campestre	Plains clover, low hop clover	Common
Fabaceae	Trifolium dubium	Small hop clover, shamrock	Scattered
Fabaceae	Trifolium repens	White clover, ladino clover	Common
Fabaceae	Trifolium vesiculosum	Arrowleaf clover	Scattered
Fabaceae	Vicia minutiflora	Small-flowered vetch	Scarce
Fabaceae	Vicia sativa	Narrowleaf vetch, common vetch	Scattered
Fabaceae	Vicia villosa	Hairy vetch, woollypod vetch	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus macrocarpa	Bur oak	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus marilandica	Blackjack oak	Common
Fagaceae	Quercus muhlenbergii	Chinquapin oak	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus shumardii	Shumard’s oak, southern red oak	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus stellata	Post oak	Abundant
Fagaceae	Quercus velutina	Black oak	Common
Fumariaceae	Corydalis micrantha	Slender fumewort	Scarce
^a Contains all terrestrial and emersed aquatic flowering plants identified on the NFWU. Also includes a few miscellaneous plants such as mushrooms and ferns. ^b The relative occurrence of plant species is based on subjective evaluation. The following categories are used to classify relative occurrence: Abundant—Easy to find; often a dominant over large areas. Common—Easy to find; seldom a dominant over large areas. Scattered—Not extremely difficult to find, but more so than ”common”; often thick with patchy distribution or sparse with good distribution; not dominant in the plant community Scarce—Difficult to find; often found in relatively small pockets; not well distributed. Unknown—Plants have been identified on the NFWU, but the authors are unfamiliar with them; most of these plants would probably be categorized as “scarce.”

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